Friday, 28 February 2025

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – EBENEEZER (1998)

 

A reworking of Charles Dickens well spun yarn of redemption.

This retelling of the story is set in a Wild West Town where Ebeneezer Scrooge (Jack Palance) a heartless grasping bitter old miserly land baron, gunfighter, and cheating card sharp who is visited on Christmas Eve by the ghost of his old partner Jacob Marlowe (Richard Halliday), who scares him with tales of hell and warns him he will have further visitations to give him a long-overdue attitude adjustment and show him the errors of his ways.

The first visitor is the ghost of Christmas Past (Michelle Thrush), the second visitor is the ghost of Christmas Present (Richard Comar) and the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come is (Morris Chapdelaine).

Between them they force him to face the consequences of his skinflint ways, and as a result he becomes a caring, generous, amiable man and discovers the true spirit of Christmas.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS INVITATION (2022)

 

“A Christmas Invitation” tells the story of a very dysfunctional family brought together through the dying wish of the family matriarch Jeanette (Rosie Andlauer) to send out an invitation to attend one last family holiday party on Christmas Eve.

Everyone reluctantly agrees to attend where old family feuds abound and  skeletons emerge from the closet with some unexpected plot twists.

 

Brent Northup, Eric Michaelian, Lorrie Bacon, Phil Godeck, Matt Hebert, Jesse Waegelein-Hall, Aaron Schacht, Sharon Marr, Rick Caride, Nat Cook, Angela Taylor, Pawel Watracz, Rosie Andlauer, Zoe Wells, Lisa J. Coleman, Martin DuPlessis, Pete Baez and Tom Hebert make up the cast of this Christmas farce.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – HAPPY HOLLA DAY (2023)

 

Average teenager Brian (Owen Osborne) is navigating his way through life, friendships, love and his faith.

So it’s a little out of character when Brian he decides to arrange a Christmas party in the youth sanctuary after hours to impress a girl in his youth choir Angela (Abigail Grace Korenthal),

He and his best friend Antwon (William David Billions) get a lot more than what they bargained for after the party is in motion, two men come to rob the church, so Brian has to figure out a way to save the girl, himself and the party.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER (2024)

 

“Best Christmas Pageant Ever” is a comedy drama in which Grace (Judy Greer) has to run the annual pageant due to the fact that its usual director has been incapacitated.

Grace is a good person and possesses the best Christian virtues, and her faith is set to be tested after the arrival of the six motherless ruffian Herdman siblings who have a terrible reputation.

In the absence of other volunteers Grace is prepared to accept the infamous family for major roles, even though most of the town and even her children think it’s a mistake.

Grace uses her people and drama skills to pull the pageant together and her faith in the outcasts bears fruit and actually helps teach the community the true meaning of Christmas.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER (2024)

 

“The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” is a comedy drama in which Grace (Judy Greer) has to run the annual pageant due to the fact that its usual director has been incapacitated.

Grace is a good person and possesses the best Christian virtues, and her faith is set to be tested after the arrival of the six motherless ruffian Herdman siblings who have a terrible reputation.

In the absence of other volunteers Grace is prepared to accept the infamous family for major roles, even though most of the town and even her children think it’s a mistake.

Grace uses her people and drama skills to pull the pageant together and her faith in the outcasts bears fruit and actually helps teach the community the true meaning of Christmas.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS IS CANCELLED (2022)

 

Manuel and Lidia (Michel Duval and Gala Montes) face an uncertain future with their relationship in crisis and they have been forced to spend Christmas apart.

It all stems from the previous Christman when as newlyweds they faced their biggest test when they had to host their wildly different families who were meeting each other for the very first time.

A chaotic Christmas followed where family secrets were revealed.

So will this Christmas be a healing experience or will it be the final nail in the coffin of their marriage.

Sunday, 23 February 2025

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – IT'S CHRISTMAS AGAIN (2022)

 

It's Christmas Again” is a musical Christmas movie that follows a young boy Jake Young (Lawson Touliatos) who crashes into a car door while riding his skateboard right before Christmas and is knocked unconscious.

Following that he has a life-changing experience when he wakes up dressed as a shepherd and discovers he’s been transported back 2000 years to Bethlehem on the night of Jesus' birth.